On Sunday, February 10th, the sanctuary at Anshe Chesed congregation filled to the brim with the parents, grandparents and close friends of a group of RSJ teens who read from the Torah for the first time in at least 4 generations. “We didn’t just come to America to be free, we came to reconnect to our Jewish culture and traditions,” said Roman Shmulenson, executive director of COJECO. “Most families came to the United States as refugees, … [Read more...] about Russian-speaking Teens Celebrate First Bar/Bat Mitzvah in 4 Generations
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Frankfurt am Main hosts 2019 Jewrovision,
Largest Ever Musical Contest for Jewish Youth
Netta Barzilai, the Israeli singing sensation who earned Israel its fourth win at the Eurovision Song Contest last year and brought the 2019 competition to Tel-Aviv, performed as a special guest at the 18th and largest ever “Jewrovision” musical contest for Jewish youth in Germany. Jewrovision 2019 took place on February 2nd at the Messe Frankfurt, one of the world’s largest trade fairs and performance venues, in Frankfurt am Main, … [Read more...] about Frankfurt am Main hosts 2019 Jewrovision,
Largest Ever Musical Contest for Jewish Youth
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, z”l
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, 67, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ; the Fellowship) has passed away. The funeral will take place Thursday in Jerusalem. Through the Fellowship, Eckstein raised over $1.3 billion, and until his death raised more than $140 million annually, mostly from Evangelicals, to assist Israel and elderly Jewish people living in the Former Soviet Union. … [Read more...] about Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, z”l
Schwab Charitable reports Record Grants in 2018
Schwab Charitable™, one of the largest national providers of donor-advised funds and other philanthropic services, reported a record $2.2 billion in grants to 86,500 charities in 2018, representing a 35% increase from the previous year. Schwab Charitable donors recommended more than 487,000 grants, up 32% from 2017. Feeding America, Planned Parenthood, Doctors Without Borders, Salvation Army, and Campus Crusade for Christ were the most widely … [Read more...] about Schwab Charitable reports Record Grants in 2018
Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre Launches London Exhibition in Call for Greater Recognition of One of The Holocaust’s Largest Massacres
The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center (BYHMC) has launched a traveling art exhibition which commemorates the victims of the Babyn Yar massacre in Ukraine during September 1941, one of the largest mass-killings of Jewish people by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. The exhibition, which has opened to coincide with International Holocaust Day, was formally launched this morning by Natan Sharansky during a private event at the House of Commons … [Read more...] about Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre Launches London Exhibition in Call for Greater Recognition of One of The Holocaust’s Largest Massacres
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